Ocean Knoll welcomes new principal

Jennifer Bond has been named the new principal of Ocean Knoll Elementary School.

Bond’s appointment was approved unanimously by the Encinitas Union School District board at its Dec. 10 meeting. Bond replaces Angelica Lopez, who was appointed to the district office as assistant superintendent of administrative services.

Bond comes from Milwaukee Public Schools with 15 years of education experience. She began her career as a Spanish teacher, then became an assistant principal and International Baccalaureate coordinator. Bond’s IB experience will benefit Ocean Knoll, which offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme.

In Wisconsin, Bond was instrumental in merging two middle schools to create Wedgewood Park International School, the first school in the state authorized to offer the IB Middle Years Programme. In August 2012, she was named principal of Lowell Elementary School in Milwaukee, which, under Bond’s leadership, became an IB Primary Years Candidate School. She volunteers for the IB Organization as a workshop leader, site visitor and consultant.

Bond is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Alverno College. She will start at Ocean Knoll in January.